Thread: Editorial:GOP bullies beating drums

Here's the East Coast version or Ruben Naverratte.

GOP bullies beating drums versus immigrants, setting them up for tough year

Albor Ruiz - Ny Local

Thursday, December 30th 2010, 4:00 AM

What's 2011 going to be like for immigrants in the U.S.? You don't have to be a rocket scientist to realize that they are in for a very rough year.

Come January, when Republican lawmakers take over the House and beef up their presence in the Senate, immigrants - documented or not - would do well to brace for even more unforgiving winds of intransigence, petty politicking and outright racism blowing from Washington.

This is not speculation. Republicans have been clear about their intentions to take the persecution of immigrants to new extremes.

Rep. Peter King (R-L.I.), the next chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, has made a priority of expanding a program that transforms local police into virtual immigration agents with the power - and the mission - of arresting suspected undocumented immigrants. He also believes workplace raids are a good idea.

"There is a lack of urgency by the administration," King said.

Even worse is that Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), a vocal opponent of "birthright" citizenship, will take over as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, with oversight of deportations and arrests. This is a man who insists his problem is only with illegal immigration, yet favors limiting legal immigration. His top priority is workplace enforcement and expanding the employee identification program known as E-Verify.

According to America's Voice, Smith's logic is to get more undocumented fired so "they will pack up their homes, kids, and lives and move back to Mexico." But as the pro-immigration group says, "The problem is that they came here illegally because there weren't jobs in Mexico." In other words, instead of 11 million people voluntarily removing themselves from the land of opportunity, "a more likely scenario is that they will simply move into the underground economy, where employers are all too happy to pay them under the table." Nasty, but not very smart.

Smith's right-hand man likely will be Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), the next chairman of the House Subcommittee on Immigration. This is the guy who famously said he wants to build a border fence that no one could get across, not even "a cockroach." He plans to introduce a bill to modify the 14th Amendment in order to deny citizenship to U.S.-born children of undocumented parents. No more "cockroaches," even if they were born in America.

Yet, in the end their repressive mentality and methods will work against them. Clearly, demographics favor Democrats in the not-too-long run. For one, Latinos, the fastest-growing voting bloc in the nation, are not about to support the bullies who demonize and persecute their own.

The proof is in the pudding: In the midterm elections, 71% of the Latino vote went to Democratic candidates, according to the polling firm Latino Decisions. Add to this the growth of Hispanic populations in Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Florida and other states, and what emerges is the picture of an old and shrinking Republican Party.

Even though doing what really needs to be done - legalizing the 11 million undocumented and getting rid of laws that make immigrants criminals and work a crime - is out of the question, the President has some tools at his disposal.

To begin with, he could stop deportations that divide families, humanize detention centers and grant parole to DREAM Act students. Those would be steps in the right direction and would help Obama regain the trust of Latino voters.

Then, and more important, it's a matter of more immigrants becoming citizens so they can vote and send the bullies packing as soon as possible.

aruiz@nydailynews.com


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This is the only way to tell illegal aliens we do not want them here. We agree with the GOP.

The answer lies not in the race but Americans of Latino decent.
The dream of a a safe sovereign, prosperous nation.
Not one of unlawful entry and those that will selfishly rob America
of all our recourses.

More crying and whining
They know the jig is up

NOBODY SAID ANYTHING ABOUT LEGAL IMMIGRANTS

Nobody also said anything about "mexicans" , He did, not us

Also once again we see the confusion between legal and illegal immigrants

Look for a lot of these kind of stories , they know its over , its done and yes Martha , jose is going home very soon.

I'm kind of pondering this notion that they have huge amounts of "electorial" power , oh my , we better be shaking in our boots , the big bad latinos won't vote for you if you oppose open borders and millions of illiterate peasants coming here to leach off tax paying Americans.

GET REAL

First off , We don't need LATINOS , We welcome Americans , people that want to be American first no matter what their ethnicity
We don't need , want or will put up with a bunch of ethnocentric whiny cry babies that think that because there skin is brown they have some special right to be treated differently

Those should be kicked out asap , I don't care if they are "legal"

But as the pro-immigration group says, "The problem is that they came here illegally because there weren't jobs in Mexico."

Not true - they have an unemployment rate of 4%. They do not offer benefits for illiterate and uneducated who have more children than they can afford. It is up to them to stand up and fight for decent wages and livable places and jobs that offer security as well as social services for the unfortunate. We cannot provide those things to all of the poor of the world.

Unfortunately, I do not hear either side wanting to enforce the laws against the employers. That is where our problem lies.

Originally Posted by Justthefacts

Those should be kicked out asap , I don't care if they are "legal"

"Hold the phone, I love Taco's and Margarita's!"
"Viva la legal immigrante'!"

Originally Posted by stevetheroofer

Originally Posted by Justthefacts

Those should be kicked out asap , I don't care if they are "legal"

"Hold the phone, I love Taco's and Margarita's!"
"Viva la legal immigrante'!"

roofermans a food racist. me too.
Brats kraut and beer. "-----------"? legal immigrant

Fool has one thing right; I may be old and I may be shrinking, but I'm more clear than ever on this issue.

GO Republicans! GOPatriots! GOPatriots! GOPatriots!

We have them on their heels now, let's do a full court press and get them out of here.